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PAOS' track record in visual identity creation

Outstanding symbols are the distillation of ideas

PAOS has worked on the corporate and brand identities of more than one hundred companies during the past thirty years or so. The corporate symbols we have developed include graphically-expressed marks, logotypes that feature distinctively-designed characters, and logo marks that combine the characteristics of the two, but behind and in the evolution of these "visible designs" is our aspiration for a drama of innovative change, transformation and expansion within each of the companies concerned. Our work is tantamount to writing the script that will enable the new symbols to function as effective management and marketing tools for these corporations.

At PAOS, we believe that image marketing strategies for contemporary corporations constitute "invisible designs", that the design of corporate strategy and policy is the key element. It has long been said that outstanding symbols represent the distillation of ideas, and design is, quite simply, an investment-oriented intellectual and aesthetic resource. The improvements to the management environment of corporations and cultural enhancements to the lives of individuals and to the society which they inhabit that are expressed by the "visible design – invisible design" combination are pivotal to a company's CI and brand strategy, and PAOS provides strategic and constructive consulting that is built upon the six pillars of design.

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Co-designers (titles omitted; listed alphabetically)

Academyhills
: Hitoshi KOIZUMI (advisor)
AOKI
: Kan AKITA
AOKI Holdings
: Kan AKITA
ASICS
: Herb LUBAIN
BANDAI
: Shin MATSUNAGA
Benesse Corporation
: Shin MATSUNAGA
Bungo-Oyama Hibikinosato
: Norito SHINMURA
Daiei
: Ray YOSHIMURA
EQUION
: Henry STEINER
NTT
: Yusaku KAMEKURA
Kaikyo
: Masayuki FUJIKANE
Keikyu Department Store
: Ken MIKI
KOKUYO
: Ray YOSHIMURA
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo
: Ray YOSHIMURA
Livedo
: Toyokazu UMEHARA
LUMINE
: Hitoshi KOIZUMI (advisor)
Matsuya
: Masayoshi NAKAJO
MAZDA
: Ray YOSHIMURA
Miyagi University
: Taku SATOH
Nippon Life Insurance Co.
: Chermayeff & Geismar Associates
NORITZ
: Takenobu IGARASHI
San Terra
: Takayuki KURACHI
Surbank Setagaya
: Yusaku KAMEKURA
THE BRIGHT GARDEN
: Hitomi SAGO
Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance
: Chermayeff & Geismar Associates
Toray
: Colin FORBES, Pentagram
Yamaguchi Kirara Expo
: Tsukasa ISOBE
Yaohan
: Satoru HIRAMATSU

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